Four teenagers in Israel circumvented state-of-the-art antivirus software designed by renowned experts with Ph.Ds and masters degrees. According to former Israeli science minister Michael Eitan, those kids are "terrorists" in every sense of the word, just like Osama bin Laden ... and Vmyths editor Rob Rosenberger wants those teens to rot in prison.

Zeid Nasser, writing in one of Jordan's premier newspapers, puts the 'cyber war' in proper perspective. "All this damage in cyberspace, as interesting and psychologically gratifying as it may seem, does not even begin to compare to the actual devastation occurring in the real world..."

The "archivists" of website defacements in the co-called 'cyber war' voice their opposition to the hysteria.
"The real irony is that [so-called security companies and news media] are using data from the Attrition web defacement mirror to support their hyped conclusions. Let's take a little reality break, folks -- the sky isn't falling..."

Vmyths editor Rob Rosenberger's continuing rant (see below) about 'cyber war' hype in the Gaza region. Part 5 exposes a key fearmonger. "iDefense wants you to think they monitor 'escalating cyber attacks' in the Gaza region. In reality, they document a bunch of wannabees who lob ping packets at each other..."

Editor Rob Rosenberger's continuing rant (see below) about 'cyber war' hype in the Gaza region. Part 4 documents a reader who feels the anti-hysteria is itself hysteria. "The problem with hysterics is that it breeds resentment..."

Editor Rob Rosenberger asks readers to "Put yourself in the shoes of an Israeli or Palestinian whose son died in street fighting. How would you feel if a bureaucrat compared your loss to a bad AOL connection?"